1944 Hits Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Hits	Team	Rank
Snuffy Stirnweiss	205	New York Yankees	1
Lou Boudreau	191	Cleveland Indians	2
Stan Spence	187	Washington Senators	3
Johnny Lindell	178	New York Yankees	4
Mickey Rocco	174	Cleveland Indians	5
Bob Johnson	170	Boston Red Sox	6
Doc Cramer	169	Detroit Tigers	7
Ken Keltner	169	Cleveland Indians
Nick Etten	168	New York Yankees	9
Vern Stephens	164	St. Louis Browns	10
Roy Cullenbine	162	Cleveland Indians	11
Pinky Higgins	161	Detroit Tigers	12
Rudy York	161	Detroit Tigers
Pete Fox	156	Boston Red Sox	14
George Myatt	153	Washington Senators	15
Bobby Doerr	152	Boston Red Sox	16
Catfish Metkovich	152	Boston Red Sox
Bobby Estalella	151	Philadelphia Athletics	18
Eddie Mayo	151	Detroit Tigers
Irv Hall	150	Philadelphia Athletics	20
Wally Moses	150	Chicago White Sox
Mark Christman	148	St. Louis Browns	22
Don Gutteridge	148	St. Louis Browns
Jimmy Outlaw	146	Detroit Tigers	24
Frankie Hayes	144	Philadelphia Athletics	25
Name	Hits	Team	Rank

	Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second). Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number. The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?